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<span class=large>THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI</span>
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CHAPTER 18
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Christ shall be as a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense—Seek the Lord, not peeping wizards—Turn to the law and to the testimony for guidance—Compare <a href="isa/8">Isaiah 8</a>.  Between 559 and 545 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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Moreover,</span> the word of the Lord said unto me: Take thee a great <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 8: 1 (1-22).">roll</a>, and write in it with a man’s pen, concerning <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/18/1b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE destruction is imminent.">Maher</a>-shalal-hash-baz.
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And I took unto me faithful <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Witnesses.">witnesses</a> to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
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And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son.  Then said the Lord to me: <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 18: 18.">Call</a> his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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For behold, <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 17: 16.">the</a> child shall <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/18/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 8: 4.">not</a> have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/18/4c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 15: 29 (29-30).">spoil</a> of <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/18/4d" mark="d" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 17: 6.">Samaria</a> shall be taken away before the king of <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/18/4e" mark="e" type="C" title="2 Kgs. 16: 7 (7-18); 2 Ne. 20: 12; TG Israel, Scattering of.">Assyria</a>.
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The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:
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Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Neh. 3: 15; John 9: 7.">Shiloah</a> that go softly, and rejoice in <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/18/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 7: 1 (1-6).">Rezin</a> and Remaliah’s son;
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Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 10: 12.">Assyria</a> and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks.
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And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 30: 28.">reach</a> even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Joel 3: 9 (9-14).">Associate</a> yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
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Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.
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For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
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Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, A <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 31: 1 (1-3).">confederacy</a>; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
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Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
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And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/14a" mark="a" type="C" title="Rom. 9: 33 (32-33); TG Cornerstone; TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">stone</a> of <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/18/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 8: 14 (13-15); Luke 2: 34; 1 Pet. 2: 8 (4-8); Jacob 4: 15.">stumbling</a>, and for a <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/18/14c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Rock.">rock</a> of <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/18/14d" mark="d" type="A" title="Luke 7: 23.">offense</a> to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a <sup>e</sup><a href="2_ne/18/14e" mark="e" type="A" title="Mosiah 7: 29.">snare</a> to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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And many among them shall <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 21: 44.">stumble</a> and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 12: 9.">Bind</a> up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
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And I will wait upon the Lord, that <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 54: 8.">hideth</a> his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
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Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 18: 3 (1-3).">signs</a> and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.
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And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/19a" mark="a" type="C" title="Moro. 10: 30; TG Sorcery.">familiar</a> spirits, and unto <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/18/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lev. 20: 6.">wizards</a> that peep and mutter—<sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/18/19c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Sam. 28: 11 (8-20).">should</a> not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the dead?
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To the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 16: 29 (29-31).">law</a> and to the testimony; and if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
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And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
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And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, and <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/18/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 5: 30.">darkness</a>, dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness.
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